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Cambridge
Literary
Festival
Spring 2019
5–7 April
In partnership with
Highlights include
Hilary Benn MP
Jill Dawson
Madeline Miller
George Monbiot
James O’Brien
Caroline Criado Perez
Jay Rayner
Ali Smith
Andy Stanton
Tracey Thorn
Bee Wilson
Ziauddin Yousafzai
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Welcome Festival team
Director
Cathy Moore
Artistic Director
Alex Clark
Enlightened thinking in dark times
Children’s Programme
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Assistant
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What a time to be alive! With the country divided, politicians at
loggerheads and frequently in deadlock, and relationships with
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Finance Manager
Jackie Latham
Programme Support
our closest neighbours and the wider world fragile, the future Rachael Beale
can seem bleak – and that’s before we’ve factored in a planet on Mary Nathan
its knees. Is there much point in going to a literary festival? Company Secretary
I say yes. Indeed, never has there been a better time for us to Jane Dix
come together to talk and to listen: to novelists, scientists,
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politicians, commentators and thinkers, each of them expert in
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their field. And in Cambridge, we most certainly haven’t had
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enough of experts. From our opening afternoon, in which we see
novelist Helen Oyeyemi return to the city she studied in to talk Richard Collins
about her brilliant new novel, to our final event with the Karen Duffy
spectacular Ali Smith, we’ll be celebrating the power of words Jeremy Newsum
to capture hearts and minds. Sian Reid
Andrea Reiner
This April’s festival boasts a brilliant array of fiction writers,
John Stanton
including John Lanchester, Madeline Miller and Simon Mayo;
scientists such as the Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees, Adam Katie Taylor
Rutherford and Giles Yeo; and a wealth of social and political Peter Taylor
commentators, featuring Hilary Benn MP, broadcaster James Honorary Patrons
O’Brien, feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez, Times Dame Gillian Beer
columnist Philip Collins. Have tea with Jenni Murray, explore the Melissa Benn
Enjoy some the finest political and cultural writers of our world of identity politics in the New Statesman debate and be Jill Dawson
times including: Helen Lewis | John Gray | Tracey Thorn wowed by the dazzling performance of national treasure Roger Sophie Hannah
McGough.
Stephen Bush | Rowan Williams | Ali Smith Dame Margaret Drabble
For a younger audience, we’re thrilled to welcome the supremely Robert Macfarlane
creative Andy Stanton, Francesca Simon (and Horrid Henry, of Robert McCrum
Subscribe Today! course), and Jeremy Strong. We’ll be celebrating 30 years of Allison Pearson
everyone’s favourite elephant, Elmer, and launching the first
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Rowan Pelling
David Reynolds
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Events at a glance
Event Times Venue Page Event Times Venue Page
Children’s Programme Children’s Programme
Friday 5 April Sunday 7 April
That's Not My… 20th Birthday Event 10-10:30am Baillie Gifford Stage 34 Happy Birthday Elmer! 10-10:45am Babbage Lecture Theatre 38
Sophy Henn – Lifesize 11:15-11:45am Baillie Gifford Stage 34 The NHS: Past, Present and Future 10-11am Palmerston Room 22
Helen Oyeyemi 2:30-3:30pm Baillie Gifford Stage 08 Giles Yeo 10-11am Baillie Gifford Stage 22
Christian Wolmar & Andrew Adonis 2:30-3:30pm Palmerston Room 08 Daisy Johnson 10-11am McCrum Lecture Theatre 22
George Monbiot 4-5pm Palmerston Room 08 Ziauddin Yousafzai 11:30am-12:30pm Babbage Lecture Theatre 23
Tracey Thorn 5:30-6:30pm Palmerston Room 09 Jim Smith – Barry Loser 11:30am-12:30pm Palmerston Room 38
Bee Wilson 5:30-6:30pm Baillie Gifford Stage 09 Derek Pringle 11:30am-12:30pm McCrum Lecture Theatre 23
John Lanchester 7-8pm Palmerston Room 09 Celebrating George Eliot 11:30am-12:30pm Baillie Gifford Stage 23
Lisa Appignanesi 7-8pm Baillie Gifford Stage 10 Jeremy Strong – Armadillo and Hare 1-2pm Babbage Lecture Theatre 39
Madeline Miller 8:30-9:30pm Palmerston Room 10 James Meek & Catherine Barnard 1-2pm Palmerston Room 24
Danny Dorling 8:30-9:30pm Baillie Gifford Stage 10 Marina Benjamin & Sinéad Gleeson 1-2pm Baillie Gifford Stage 24
Sophie Anderson – The House with Chicken Legs 1-2pm McCrum Lecture Theatre 38
Saturday 6 April Martin Rees 2:30-3:30pm Babbage Lecture Theatre 25
Danny Dorling & Sally Tomlinson 10-11am Palmerston Room 13 Robin Stevens – The Children's Prize 2:30-3:30pm Palmerston Room 40
Forever Iris: Celebrating the Centenary 10-11am Baillie Gifford Stage 13 Ali Smith’s Debut Writers 2:30-3:30pm Baillie Gifford Stage 25
Sophy Henn – Bad Nana 10-11am McCrum Lecture Theatre 35 Ross Welford – The Dog Who Saved the World 2:30-3:30pm McCrum Lecture Theatre 39
Andy Stanton – Natboff! 11:30am-12:30pm Babbage Lecture Theatre 35 Afternoon Tea with Jenni Murray 3:30-5pm The University Arms Hotel 26
Caroline Criado Perez 11:30am-12:30pm Palmerston Room 13 Jill Dawson 4-5pm Palmerston Room 27
David Nott 11:30am-12:30pm Baillie Gifford Stage 14 Robert McCrum 4-5pm Baillie Gifford Stage 27
Piers Torday 11:30am-12:30pm McCrum Lecture Theatre 35 Anna James – Pages & Co 4-5pm McCrum Lecture Theatre 41
Adam Rutherford 1-2pm Babbage Lecture Theatre 14 James Runcie 5:30-6:30pm Babbage Lecture Theatre 28
Philip Collins 1-2pm Palmerston Room 15 New Daughters of Africa 5:30-6:30pm Palmerston Room 28
Alex T Smith – Mr Penguin 1-2pm Baillie Gifford Stage 36 Max Porter 5:30-6:30pm Baillie Gifford Stage 28
Laura Ellen Anderson – Amelia Fang 1-2pm McCrum Lecture Theatre 36 Ali Smith 7-8pm Babbage Lecture Theatre 29
Francesca Simon – Horrid Henry 2:30-3:30pm Babbage Lecture Theatre 37 EBRD Prize Winner 7-8pm Baillie Gifford Stage 29
David Kirkpatrick & Azadeh Moaveni 2:30-3:30pm Palmerston Room 15
Rose George 2:30-3:30pm Baillie Gifford Stage 16
New Statesman Debate 4-5.30pm Babbage Lecture Theatre 17 Follow us Diary Dates 2019
Holly Smale – The Valentines 4-5pm Palmerston Room 37 @camlitfest Wimpole History Festival
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Mark Boyle 4-5pm Baillie Gifford Stage 16 Cambridge Literary Festival
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Simon Mayo 5:30-6:30pm Palmerston Room 18 camlitfest 30 November–1 December
Elizabeth Day & Christina Patterson 5:30-6:30pm Baillie Gifford Stage 18 camlitfest
Hilary Benn MP 6-7pm Babbage Lecture Theatre 18
James O'Brien 7-8pm Palmerston Room 19
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott & Bethan Roberts 7-8pm Baillie Gifford Stage 19
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Jay Rayner 7:30-8:30pm Babbage Lecture Theatre 20 7 Downing Place
Damian Barr 8:30-9:30pm Baillie Gifford Stage 21 Cambridge CB2 3EL
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Programme by theme Main programme
NEW FICTION SCIENCE
Helen Oyeyemi 08 Adam Rutherford 14
Madeline Miller 10 Rose George 16
John Lanchester 09 Giles Yeo 22
Simon Mayo 18 Martin Rees 25
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott & 19
Bethan Roberts STATE OF THE NATION
Damian Barr 21 Christian Wolmar & Andrew Adonis 08
Daisy Johnson 22 Danny Dorling 10
Ali Smith's Debut Writers 25 Danny Dorling & Sally Tomlinson 13
Jill Dawson 27 Caroline Criado Perez 13
James Runcie 28 Philip Collins 15
Max Porter 28 New Statesman Debate 17
Ali Smith 29 Hilary Benn MP 18
James O'Brien 19
WORLD LITERATURE
The NHS: Past, Present and Future 22
Robert McCrum 27 James Meek & Catherine Barnard 24
New Daughters of Africa 28
ERBD Prize Winner 29 WORLD AFFAIRS
George Monbiot 08
LIFESTYLE
David Kirkpatrick & Azadeh Moaveni 15
Bee Wilson 09
Mark Boyle 16 CHILDREN’S
Elizabeth Day & Christina Patterson 18 That’s Not My... 34
Jay Rayner 20 Sophy Henn 34, 35
Andy Stanton 35
REAL LIVES
Piers Torday 35
Forever Iris: Celebrating the Centenary 13 Alex T Smith 36
George Eliot: The Bicentenary 23 Laura Ellen Anderson 36
Marina Benjamin & Sinéad Gleeson 24 Francesca Simon 37
Jenni Murray 26 Holly Smale 37
Happy Birthday Elmer! 38
MEMOIR Jim Smith 38
Tracey Thorn 09 Jeremy Strong 39
Lisa Appignanesi 10 Sophie Anderson 38
David Nott 14 Ross Welford 39
Derek Pringle 23 Robin Stevens 40
Ziauddin Yousafzai 23 Anna James 41
POETRY
Roger McGough 21
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Friday 5 April Friday 5 April
Helen Oyeyemi Tracey Thorn
Gingerbread A teenager in suburbia
NEW FICTION MEMOIR
2:30-3:30pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £10/£8 5:30-6:30pm | Palmerston Room | £12/£10
We’re delighted to open the festival with the brilliant novelist Before the dazzling horizons of Hull and the formation of
and Cambridge alumna Helen Oyeyemi – a talent so prodigal Everything But The Girl beckoned, Tracey Thorn was a
that she wrote her first novel while still at school. Since then, teenager in suburban Hertfordshire, faithfully recording in
she has won numerous prizes and been dubbed one of Granta’s her diary all the things she was missing out on, what she
Best of Young British Novelists. Come and hear her talk about dreamt of, and the female pop icons who lit the way
her new novel, the wonderful, folkloric story of the Lees, a forward. In Another Planet, Thorn revisits the cul-de-sacs
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mother and daughter who live in a gold-painted flat filled with and bus shelters of her youth and wonders what became of
talking plants and make a particularly potent form of the utopian suburban project.
gingerbread. In conversation with Kate Mossman, Arts Editor and Pop Critic
of the New Statesman
Christian Wolmar & Andrew Adonis
Setting the future in train Bee Wilson
STATE OF THE NATION Strategies for eating in a world of change
2:30-3:30pm | Palmerston Room | £12/£10 LIFESTYLE
Christian Wolmar is one of the country’s foremost experts on 5:30-6:30pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £12/£10
rail and transport matters, a familiar face on TV and in
Walk through Cambridge, and you’ll find any kind of food you
newspapers; his new book, The Story of Crossrail, tells the
want: pizza, sushi, kebabs, cakes adorned with fresh
story of an immensely ambitious rail project. A former
strawberries in the middle of winter. How did this become
Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Adonis pioneered High
the new normal, and what effect is it having on our
Speed 2 and the electrification of several main lines. Join
relationship with what’s on our plate and the people and
them in conversation about the future of rail transport and
communities who produce it? In The Way We Eat Now, the
the immense challenges of building a system fit for the 21st
brilliant food writer Bee Wilson argues that reconnecting
century.
with the origins of our food will do us – and our ecology – the
power of good.
George Monbiot Chaired by author, critic and New Statesman contributing writer
A plea for the planet Erica Wagner
WORLD AFFAIRS
4-5pm | Palmerston Room | £12/£10 John Lanchester
Environmental activist and journalist George Monbiot Fact or fiction? Reality and dystopia
believes our planet is in a death spiral, and only radical action
offers the possibility of saving it – including a complete NEW FICTION
rethink of global economic and political systems. From the 7-8pm | Palmerston Room | £12/£10
air we breathe and the food we eat to the depredations John Lanchester is a man of many parts: lauded novelist
visited on the animal and plant kingdoms that are our
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(The Debt to Pleasure, Capital), whip-smart guide to the
support systems, everything must change, and quickly. In economic crises of recent years (Whoops!) and sometime
this special appearance, Monbiot outlines his radical restaurant critic. His new novel, The Wall, has already been
proposals for a new way of thinking about human society – admired by the likes of Philip Pullman and Emily St John
and how we will all have a crucial part to play. Mandel, its dystopian setting a stark allegory for our times.
In conversation with Rob Cameron, Chief Executive, He’ll be discussing the range and ambition of his work with
SustainAbility Jonn Elledge, Assistant Editor of the New Statesman.
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When writer Lisa Appignanesi’s partner of 32 years died, she
was plunged into a state most of those who have suffered a
bereavement will recognise: grief, rage, bewilderment,
superstition; indeed an Everyday Madness that gave her the
title of her extraordinary and deeply affecting book exploring
the experience. Her exploration of the trauma of loss ranges
from the minutely personal to the broadly social and
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Circe, island exile, sorceress, enchanter of men, is a
mysterious and powerful figure in ancient mythology,
brought thrillingly to life in Madeline Miller’s acclaimed
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novel. Weaving the stories we know – including Circe’s
entanglements with Odysseus, which saw her turn his
followers into pigs – with a bold new vision of her life, Miller
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Britain’s ticking time bomb Trust magazine offers a unique insight into the latest global trends
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8:30-9:30pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £11/£9 investment managers, academics and global thinkers, as well as
When Danny Dyer coined the phrase ‘trotters up in Nice’, he exclusive interviews with distinguished authors.
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to the heart of the matter, and in Peak Inequality: Britain’s
Ticking Time Bomb, he explores the devastating effects of
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Saturday 6 April
Danny Dorling & Sally Tomlinson
Brexit and the end of empire
STATE OF THE NATION
10-11am | Palmerston Room | £11/£9
The space to challenge The process of attempting to leave the European Union has
revealed deep divisions in society. In Rule Britannia, Danny
Dorling and Sally Tomlinson argue that the referendum and
its bitter aftermath constituted a last gasp of Empire
working its way out of the British psyche. But how can the
nation – and the Union – be reshaped as we move towards
the future? Join them to find out.
Forever Iris: celebrating the centenary of a
magnificent novelist
REAL LIVES
10-11am | Baillie Gifford Stage | £11/£9
The space to collaborate Iris Murdoch was a dazzling, complicated and bewitching
one-off: a philosopher who became a prolific writer of some
of the best-loved novels of the 20th century. From The Bell
to The Sea, The Sea, The Flight from the Enchanter and A
Severed Head, Murdoch’s writing thrums with ideas, sexual
intrigue and miraculously shape-shifting characters. Join our
panel of Catherine Taylor, Jonathan Gibbs, Charlotte
Mendelson to celebrate her work and her legacy.
Chaired by Alex Clark, journalist, critic, broadcaster and Festival
Artistic Director
The space to invent
Caroline Criado Perez
TTP is a science and
engineering consultancy
Invisible women
creating ground-breaking STATE OF THE NATION
products for global clients. 11:30am-12:30pm | Palmerston Room | £11/£9
Get in touch to discuss your Campaigner Caroline Criado Perez OBE has a good track
move today. record in making women visible: on bank notes, in statuary
and in her incisive and impassioned writing. Now, she alerts
ttp.com/careers us to the numerous ways in which women remain invisible,
discriminated against by government policies, and in the
spheres of technology, education, healthcare and the media.
What do we have to do, she asks, to stand up and be
The Technology counted?
Partnership In conversation with Helen Lewis, Associate Editor of the New
Statesman
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Saturday 6 April Saturday 6 April
David Nott
Surgery on the front line
MEMOIR
11:30am-12:30pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £10/£8
For over 25 years, surgeon David Nott has taken unpaid leave
from his job in an NHS hospital to volunteer in a series of
war zones, including Sarajevo, Syria, Darfur and
Afghanistan. He is acknowledged to be the world’s most
experienced trauma surgeon – and he has also taken the
lead in passing on his skills and knowledge to other doctors
in some of the world’s most dangerous places.
In conversation with Michael Prodger, Reviews Editor of the
New Statesman
Philip Collins How we can fix our broken politics
STATE OF THE NATION
1-2pm | Palmerston Room | £12/£10
How can we fix our broken politics? In his hard-hitting look at the contemporary scene in
Westminster and beyond, Times columnist and Tony Blair’s former speech-writer Philip
Collins examines why so many of us feel that politicians no longer speak to, or for, us. And
he comes up with a startling proposition: we need to rip it up and start again.
In conversation with Patrick Maguire, Political Correspondent of the New Statesman
Adam Rutherford
The story of how we became us
SCIENCE
1-2pm | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £12/£10 David Kirkpatrick
What makes us us? Why, of all the billion species on the
planet, are human beings so special? Well, argues Adam David Kirkpatrick & Azadeh Moaveni
Rutherford, we’re not: we’re just a tiny twig on a 4-billion- Making change in the Middle East
year-old tree and even some of the things we think mark us
WORLD AFFAIRS
out – communicating, making tools, having sex for fun – are
not unique to us. Nonetheless, we’re a pretty interesting 2:30-3:30pm | Palmerston Room | £10/£8
crew, as the rollercoaster ride of The Book of Humans David Kirkpatrick arrived in Egypt as the New York Times’s bureau chief on the eve of
shows. Join one of the most exhilarating speakers around to revolution in 2011. Eight years later, he reflects on the hopes and disillusion of Egypt’s Arab
find out more. Spring, and on the decades of autocratic rule that have caused chaos and violence across
In conversation with Helen Lewis, Associate Editor of the New the region. Joining him is Iranian-American journalist Azadeh Moaveni, author of Lipstick
Statesman Jihad and Honeymoon in Tehran.
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Rose George The story of blood
SCIENCE
2:30-3:30pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £11/£9
In Nine Pints, Rose George tells the story of the fluid that travels around our body and
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sustains our lives: blood. Her research takes her to Wales, and the only leech farm in
Britain, to Nepal, where she speaks to a group of girls about the taboo of menstruation, to a
Canadian plasma clinic and to a medical team in London who are revolutionising the
treatment of trauma.
In conversation with Alex Clark, journalist, critic, broadcaster and Festival Artistic Director New Statesman Debate
‘This house believes identity politics is an impediment to progress’
STATE OF THE NATION
4pm-5:30pm | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £12/£10
From the EU referendum to Trump’s election, trans rights to #MeToo, the rise of the far right in
Europe to Black Lives Matter in America, identity politics is re-shaping the modern world. But is
defining yourself by your identity – whether gender, sexuality, race, nationality or class – a way
of making society a more progressive, inclusive place? Or is it a downward slope that leads to
self-interest, polarised debate and political stasis?
Speaking for the motion
Philip Collins is a columnist at The Times and former chief speech writer for Tony Blair. His books
include Start Again: How We Can Fix Our Broken Politics
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Dr Munira Mirza was a Deputy Mayor for London and is now Executive Director, Culture, at King’s
College London. She is author of The Politics of Culture: The Case for Universalism
Dr Adrian Pabst is Head of the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of
Kent. His most recent book is The Demons of Liberal Democracy
Mark Boyle Tales from a life without technology
Speaking against the motion
LIFESTYLE
Ayesha Hazarika is a comedian, columnist and former adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband.
4-5pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £11/£9 She is a co-author of Punch and Judy Politics: An Insiders’ Guide to Prime Minister's Questions
Mark Boyle spent three years living without money, but it wasn’t enough, and he decided Eleanor Penny is a writer, editor, poet and broadcaster. She is Senior Editor at Novara Media and
that to achieve real happiness, he needed to remove himself from the modern world and its Online Editor at Red Pepper Magazine
technologies entirely. Shunning email, telephone, electricity and running water, he took
himself to a log cabin on a smallholding, recording his attempts to reconnect with what it Dr Anamik Saha is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of
means to be human in the inspiring and moving The Way Home. London. He is author of Race and the Cultural Industries
In conversation with Anoosh Chakelian, Senior Writer at the New Statesman Chairing the debate: Helen Lewis, Associate Editor of the New Statesman
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Saturday 6 April Saturday 6 April
Simon Mayo
The power of storytelling
NEW FICTION
5:30-6:30pm | Palmerston Room | £11/£9
One of the country’s most popular broadcasters, Simon
Mayo’s role in getting the nation reading and talking about
books has been pivotal. Now, he’s written his first adult
novel, Mad Blood Stirring, a riveting story – based on
historical fact – about a group of American prisoners of war
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marooned in a Dartmoor prison in 1815. He talks to Alex
Clark, journalist and critic, about the books that made him a
life-long reader, and what sparked him to write himself.
James O’Brien How to be right…in a world gone wrong
STATE OF THE NATION
Elizabeth Day & Christina Patterson 7-8pm | Palmerston Room | £12/£10
The art of losing Broadcaster James O’Brien is used to listening to bad arguments: the people who phone
into his shows on LBC have plenty of them. But what’s made O’Brien a runaway success is
LIFESTYLE the calmness with which he dismantles them, pointing out the fallacies and assumptions
5:30-6:30pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £10/£8 that underpin some of the most frequently recycled opinions. Why does he bother? And can
From the outside, Elizabeth Day (How to Fail) and Christina he teach us how to do the same?
Patterson (The Art of Not Falling Apart) seem an unlikely In conversation with Stig Abell, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement
pair to connect with failure – between them, they’ve written
novels and had high-flying careers in journalism and
broadcasting. But life sometimes throws you curveballs Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott &
however well you think things are going. How to embrace
those moments and realise that vital breakthroughs, both
Bethan Roberts
personal and professional, can come as a result of things Novel icons
going horribly wrong? NEW FICTION
Chaired by Allison Pearson, journalist, novelist and Festival 7-8pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £10/£8
Patron
In Swansong (short-listed for Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize),
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott takes us into the apparently
gilded life of writer Truman Capote, revealing what lay behind
Hilary Benn MP his dramatic downfall. Bethan Roberts’s Graceland narrates
Finding a way forward the life and times of the man who became Elvis. What spurred
these novelists to choose such iconic, exhaustively
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documented figures to weave into fictional tales? And what
6-7pm | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £12/£10 pitfalls and pleasures did they encounter?
The Right Honourable Hilary Benn MP has been one of the Chaired by writer Jo Browning Wroe
most outspoken and passionate voices in the debate about
Britain’s relationship with the European Union; and his views
on British intervention in Syria led to his dismissal as
Shadow Foreign Secretary. He speaks to Helen Lewis,
Associate Editor of the New Statesman, about the With thanks to
challenges facing politicians determined to follow their
convictions, the future of the Labour Party, and how we can
strengthen the fragile bonds between the people and their
elected representatives.
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Damian Barr You will be safe here
NEW FICTION
8:30-9:30pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £10/£8
Damian Barr’s piercing memoir, Maggie & Me, marked him out as a powerful and original
writer; and his legendary literary salons bear witness to his exceptional taste. Now, Barr
has published his first novel, You Will Be Safe Here, which ranges from the Boer War to a
young man’s struggles in contemporary Johannesburg and has already gained plaudits
from Graham Norton, Jojo Moyes and Marian Keyes.
In conversation with Rowan Pelling, journalist and Festival Patron
Jay Rayner
Tales from dining hell
LIFESTYLE
7:30-8:30pm
Babbage Lecture Theatre
£14/£12
Trenchant restaurant critic,
passionate gourmand and jazz
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musician, Jay Rayner is a man of
considerable appetites. But life isn’t
all jam, as he records in his
bestselling books; and now, he
brings his riotous show, My Dining
Hell, to Cambridge. As he points
out, his reading public feast on bad
reviews ‘like starving vultures who Roger McGough A night of poetry and performance
have spotted fly-blown carrion out POETRY
in the bush’ – now you can hear 9-10pm | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £13/£11
more about the excruciating nights
Carol Ann Duffy describes him as the patron saint of poetry; Time Out said that he does for
that led up to them.
poetry what champagne does for weddings. With a 50-year career behind him,
With thanks to encompassing the Mersey Sound and the number one single Lily the Pink, the wonderful
Roger McGough is still entrancing audiences – and we’re delighted to welcome him to
Cambridge for a very special event to celebrate his new collection, joinedupwriting.
20 Book at: cambridgelivetrust.co.uk 01223 357851 cambridgeliteraryfestival.com 21Sunday 7 April Sunday 7 April
The NHS: Past, Present and Future Ziauddin Yousafzai
STATE OF THE NATION The fight for equality and education
10-11am | Palmerston Room | £11/£9 MEMOIR
Available to all, and free at the point of use: Nye Bevan’s 11:30am-12:30pm | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £12/£10
vision for ensuring Britons received equal treatment Ziauddin Yousafzai’s life changed forever in 2012 when his
revolutionised the health of a nation and became one of the daughter, Malala, was shot in the head by Taliban soldiers as
greatest achievements of the 20th century. Seventy years she took a school bus. Against the odds, she survived and
on, though, and the NHS is creaking, suffering from endless went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her activism. In
cuts and little impact on a growing, and ageing, population. this extraordinary memoir, her father details the decades he
Doctors Phil Whitaker (Chicken Unga Fever) and Adrian spent fighting for the rights of women and girls in Pakistan,
Massey (Sick-Note Britain) and nurse Molly Case (How to the school that he set up to educate them – and his
Treat People: a nurse’s notes) discuss a diagnosis and determination to keep on fighting.
treatment plan.
In conversation with Alex Clark, journalist, critic, broadcaster
Chaired by Dr Steve Gillam, Visiting Senior Fellow, Institute and Festival Artistic Director
of Public Health, University of Cambridge
With thanks to
Dr Giles Yeo
The truth about obesity and dieting
SCIENCE Derek Pringle
10-11am | Baillie Gifford Stage | £12/£10 Pushing the boundaries
We’re deluged with reports of rising obesity levels – and MEMOIR
with a slew of often outlandish diets and eating plans to 11:30am-12:30pm | McCrum Lecture Theatre | £11/£9
combat it. But how do we know what’s really causing us to
Hailed as the new Ian Botham, England and Essex bowler
get fatter? With an admirable combination of expertise, deep
Derek Pringle played top-tier cricket throughout some of the
research and common sense, Dr Giles Yeo navigates his way
sport’s most thrilling times – and alongside players such as
through the world of medical discoveries, marketing
David Gower, Allan Lamb and Nasser Hussain. Now a widely
campaigns and diet gurus that promise much and deliver
respected commentator, ‘Pring the Swing’s’ memoirs tell a
little to bring us the facts of the matter.
rip-roaring tale of a sport in rapid and often turbulent flux.
He’s in conversation with broadcaster and fellow reggae
addict Danny Kelly.
Daisy Johnson
Fate, language and love
NEW FICTION Celebrating George Eliot
10am-11am | McCrum Lecture Theatre | £10/£8 REAL LIVES
Daisy Johnson’s first short-story collection, Fen, won her 11:30am-12:30pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £11/£9
many fans, but her debut novel, Everything Under, went one She wrote one of the greatest novels of all time,
better and was shortlisted for last year’s Man Booker Prize. Middlemarch, described by Virginia Woolf as ‘one of the few
A breathtakingly inventive tale that draws on myths and
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English novels written for grown-up people’; she threw
legends, it introduces us to Gretel, suddenly drawn back to herself into political, theological and philosophical life; and
memories of the mother whom she hasn’t seen since she was she scandalised society by living out of wedlock. George Eliot
a teenager, and with whom she shared a private language… is one of the titans of English literature. Come and celebrate
In conversation with Anna Leszkiewicz, Deputy Culture the bicentenary of her birth with devotees Dame Gillian Beer,
Editor of the New Statesman Alex Clark and Allison Pearson.
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Martin Rees
Into the future
The Scottish Mortgage Innovation Session
SCIENCE
2:30-3:30pm | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £12/£10
One of the world’s leading scientists, Sir Martin Rees turns
his powerful intellect on the future, and ponders how we
will free ourselves from short-term thinking and polarised
debates that threaten to limit progress. In On the Future, he
argues that our viability as a species depends on our ability
to harness science and technology to ensure the survival of
James Meek Catherine Barnard
our home planet – and to explore the unknown territories
James Meek & Catherine Barnard Beyond the backstop beyond it.
With thanks to
STATE OF THE NATION
1-2pm | Palmerston Room | £12/£10
Often described as an Orwell for his times, James Meek has travelled the length and
breadth of Britain to talk to farmers, fishermen, healthcare professionals and EU citizens
about their lives in the aftermath of the referendum, a journey he chronicles in Dreams of
Leaving and Remaining. He’s joined by Professor of European Union Law at the University of
Cambridge, Catherine Barnard.
Chaired by David Runciman, Professor of Politics, University of Cambridge, and Festival Patron
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Namwali Serpell Isabella Hammad Kevin Breathnach
Ali Smith’s Debut Writers
New voices, new visions
NEW FICTION
Marina Benjamin Sinéad Gleeson
2:30-3:30pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £10/£8
Marina Benjamin & Sinéad Gleeson Writing our bodies Ali Smith’s pick of new fiction to look out for is one of the
most popular fixtures at the Festival, and we’re delighted to
REAL LIVES have her on board again! This year, her tips for the top are
1-2pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £10/£8 Namwali Serpell (The Old Drift), Isabella Hammad (The
Two brilliant writers explore the connections between our bodies and our minds. Marina Parisian) and Kevin Breathnach (Tunnel Vision). Join her to
Benjamin’s Insomnia probes the world of sleep, the desperate quest for it when it eludes discover more about the writers and their work.
us and the extraordinary perceptions that sleeplessness can bring. Sinéad Gleeson’s
Constellations describes the effects of becoming marked by illness, motherhood and With thanks to
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ageing, not merely from a personal point of view, but taking into account Irish women’s Ali Smith
fight for their bodily rights.
Chaired by Alex Clark, journalist, critic, broadcaster and Festival Artistic Director
24 Book at: cambridgelivetrust.co.uk 01223 357851 cambridgeliteraryfestival.com 25Sunday 7 April Sunday 7 April
Jill Dawson The hidden story of Lord Lucan
NEW FICTION
4-5pm | Palmerston Room | £11/£9
Novelist Jill Dawson is often drawn to real people – most notably with the murderous
lovers Fred and Edie, and with Patricia Highsmith, who became the star of Dawson’s novel
The Crime Writer. In The Language of Birds, she looks to the blood-curdling events that
took place in the home of Lord Lucan – but from the point of view of the household’s nanny.
Join us for this very special launch event.
In conversation with author Louise Doughty
Afternoon Tea at the University
Arms Hotel with Jenni Murray
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REAL LIVES
3:30-5pm | University Arms Hotel | £25
Dame Jenni Murray is one of the country’s best-loved and most
inspiring broadcasters, her interviews on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour
with both the famous and the unknown lodging themselves in
listeners’ memories. She has also written memorably about breaking Robert McCrum The books everyone needs to read
free from her conventional upbringing, and about the trials of the WORLD LITERATURE
menopause. Her book, A History of the World in 21 Women, ranges 4-5pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £11/£9
through history and across the globe to make a personal selection of
What links the King James Bible with Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch? Pepys’s Diaries
the women who’ve inspired her, from Joan of Arc and Catherine the
with A Brief History of Time? Each finds a place on literary editor par excellence Robert
Great to Toni Morrison and Madonna. Join her for a chance to be
McCrum’s top 100 works of non-fiction. Based on his hugely popular series in the Observer,
similarly inspired over delicious tea and cakes.
the book takes us on a whistlestop tour of the books that have changed our world forever.
In conversation with Anna Whitelock, historian and Festival Patron
In conversation with Michael Prodger, Reviews Editor of the New Statesman
26 Book at: cambridgelivetrust.co.uk 01223 357851 cambridgeliteraryfestival.com 27Sunday 7 April Sunday 7 April
James Runcie Tales from Grantchester
NEW FICTION
5:30-6:30pm | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £12/£10
A rare opportunity to hear from the man behind Sidney
Chambers, the Cambridge vicar whose sleuthing abilities, love of
jazz and unfortunate romantic entanglements have endeared
him to readers and viewers alike. The son of former Archbishop
of Canterbury Robert Runcie, James has a keen insight into
religious life – but why murder and mayhem? And we’ll hear
about his decision to give us a glimpse into Sidney’s earlier life in
the new prequel, The Road to Grantchester.
In conversation with Alex Clark, journalist, critic, broadcaster
and Festival Artistic Director
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New Daughters of Africa Ali Smith
WORLD LITERATURE Seasonal masterpieces
5:30-6:30pm | Palmerston Room | £10/£8 NEW FICTION
Edited by publishing powerhouse Margaret Busby, this 7-8pm | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £12/£10
anthology of writing by women of African descent – a Festival favourite Ali Smith takes to the stage with a very
companion to Busby’s previous compendium of 25 years ago special finale event celebrating the third volume of her
– is groundbreaking in its reach and determination to seasonal quartet, Spring. Written as the turbulent events of
showcase overlooked voices. Joining us are contributors the past few months have unfolded, Spring signals towards
Candice Carty-Williams, Namwali Serpell and Irenosen regeneration and growth – and a moment of optimism. Ali
Okojie. will be in conversation with journalist and critic Alex Clark
Chaired by Margaret Busby, writer, editor and broadcaster about her extraordinary project and her no less impressive
body of work to date.
Max Porter
Lanny EBRD Literature Prize Winner 2019
NEW FICTION
A celebration of international fiction
5:30-6:30pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £10/£8 WORLD LITERATURE
Max Porter’s first novel, Grief is the Thing with Feathers, 7-8pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £10/£8
garnered immense praise for its searing exploration of loss, We read more and more translated fiction, thanks in part to
and was adapted into an equally acclaimed stage show prizes such as the EBRD Literature Prize, one of the few
starring Cillian Murphy. Now, Porter returns with Lanny, the international literature prizes to recognise both author and
spell-binding tale of a very English village and its residents, translator in equal measure. This year’s prize features
past and present – among them Mad Pete, ancient Peggy literature from eastern Europe to the Baltic States, Central
© Lucy Dickens
and Dead Papa Toothwort. Intrigued? You should be. Asia, the Western Balkans and the southern and eastern
In conversation with Rowan Pelling, journalist and Festival Mediterranean: in total, nine languages appear on the longlist,
Patron which includes Olga Tokarczuk, Özgür Mumcu and Elias
Khoury. Celebrate with this year’s winner and translator.
With thanks to
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That’s Not My… Sophy Henn
20th birthday Bad Nana
10-10:30am | Baillie Gifford Stage | £5 | Age 1+ 10-11am | McCrum Lecture Theatre | £7 | Age 6+
Celebrate the 20th birthday of That’s not my… with a Come and meet the creator of Bad Nana, author and
sensory adventure. Join our storyteller as we hunt for illustrator Sophy Henn. Bad Nana is a naughty Grandma with
the magical rainbow birthday party for our hero, Puppy, a twinkle in her eye and a nose for trouble. Find out what
and meet lots of friends along the way! It’ll be a sensory mischief Bad Nana and her granddaughter Jeanie get up to
experience for little ones, including playing with bubbles, together in this fun-filled event. There will be laughs, live-
snow, and hail, with fun and songs along the way. drawing and lots of opportunity to join in.
Andy Stanton Natboff!
11:30am-12:30pm | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £8 | Age 6+
Join the ridiculously funny Andy Stanton for some hilarious and joyous nonsense as he
talks about his Mr Gum series, as well as his new book, Natboff! One Million Years of
Stupidity. There’ll be plenty of laughter, silly voices and horrible, horrible singing!
Sophy Henn Lifesize Piers Torday
11:15-11:45am | Baillie Gifford Stage | £5 | Age 3+
The Lost Magician
Join author and illustrator Sophy Henn with her latest book 11:30am-12:30pm | McCrum Lecture Theatre | £7 | Age 9+
Lifesize. Get up close and personal with curious creatures Join the Guardian Children’s Book Award winner, author of
and see how you compare against a whole range of wild The Last Wild trilogy Piers Torday as he talks about his new
animals. You can even high-five a polar bear, see eye-to-eye book The Lost Magician inspired by the C.S. Lewis Narnia
with a giant squid and hop around like a kangaroo! This is stories. Come with Piers to the enchanted land of Folio, to
going to be a fun-filled, interactive event perfect for all meet the Reads and the Unreads, and discover why the most
young animal enthusiasts and fact finders. powerful magic of all is the kind found inside a good book.
34 Book at: cambridgelivetrust.co.uk 01223 357851 cambridgeliteraryfestival.com 35Saturday 6 April Saturday 6 April
Alex T Smith
Mr Penguin
1-2pm | Baillie Gifford Stage | £7 | Age 6+
Come along and meet author and illustrator, Alex T Smith.
Alex is the creator of the much-loved character Claude – a
small, plump dog who wears a beret and a lovely jumper, and
his irrepressible sidekick, Sir Bobblysock. Alex will also
introduce the audience to his new series, Mr Penguin, and
there will be a chance to learn top-secret illustrator tips!
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Francesca Simon Horrid Henry
2:30-3:30pm | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £8 | Age 5+
Laura Ellen Anderson
The number one for fiendish fun is back! Join author Francesca
Amelia Fang Simon to find out what Henry gets up to in his latest mischievous
1-2pm | McCrum Lecture Theatre | £7 | Age 8+ adventures Up, Up and Away – a brand new collection of
Go on a fangtastic adventure with author and illustrator wickedly funny and totally brilliant stories featuring the
Laura Ellen Anderson to meet a brave young vampire with inimitable Horrid Henry. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of
the cutest pet pumpkin you’ll ever see, a yeti who dances the series’ publication, this is a Perfect Peter of an event for
elegantly and a grim reaper who’s scared of unicorns. A Horrid Henry fans of all ages!
barbaric, fun-filled hour of stories, drawings and repugnant
recipes!
Holly Smale The Valentines
4-5pm | Palmerston Room | £7 | Ages 10+
Holly Smale, the bestselling and award-winning author of the Geek Girl series, will be in
town to talk about her new series, The Valentines. Holly will be introducing her new
characters, sisters Hope, Faith and Mercy. They seem to have everything: fame, success,
money, beauty and a family steeped in movie-star heritage. Except real-life isn't like the
movies, is it?
36 Book at: cambridgelivetrust.co.uk 01223 357851 cambridgeliteraryfestival.com 37Sunday 7 April Sunday 7 April
Happy Birthday Elmer!
10-10:45am | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £7 | Age 3+
Elmer the patchwork elephant loves making his friends laugh, but doesn’t like being
different. After trying to hide his true colours, his friends help him discover that being
himself is more fun than he could have imagined!
As everyone knows, elephants never forget. But
sometimes humans do… Help Elmer’s
storyteller friend plan a special birthday
surprise for Elmer by stomping through an
interactive storytime, trumpeting along
with songs and coming up with ways to
make Elmer feel extra special on his
birthday!
Jeremy Strong
Seven Stories – The National Centre for
Children’s Books have created this show to Armadillo and Hare
excite and enthuse younger audiences, 1-2pm | Babbage Lecture Theatre | £8 | Age 6+
supported by Andersen Press. Join cardigan-wearing Armadillo and tuba-playing Hare, along with their bestselling
creator Jeremy Strong, as they ponder the meaning of life and cheese sandwiches.
Jeremy will be talking about his inspiration for this new collection of funny tales, as
well as about sitting in bed at 2am penning ideas, visiting schools and the generally
Jim Smith strange life of a writer.
Barry Loser
11:30am-12:30pm | Palmerston Room | £7 | Age 8+
Join Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner Jim Smith, writer of the
hilarious Barry Loser series, for an extra-keel hour of stories,
belly laughs and burps. Jim will teach you how to draw
Barry and his mates… and you might even learn how to draw
a poo! Off-the-wall silliness for fans of Mr Gum and Diary of
a Wimpy Kid. Jim Smith is the author and illustrator of books
that are packed full of silly humour, quirky plots and doodles.
Sophie Anderson
The House with Chicken Legs
1-2pm | McCrum Lecture Theatre | £7 | Age 8+ Ross Welford The Dog Who Saved the World
Join author Sophie Anderson and explore the magical world 2:30-3:30pm | McCrum Lecture Theatre | £7 | Age 8+
The House with Chicken Legs, her reimagined tales of Baba
Come and meet Ross Welford, author of four highly acclaimed and award-winning books,
Yaga. You’ll hear about the unusual Baba Yaga fairy tales
including the latest, The Dog Who Saved the World. Ross will be talking about his
which inspired her, get tips on how to recreate fairy tales characters, inspiration, time-travel, immortality and invisibility. There’ll also be
yourself, and take part in an interactive group storytelling opportunities to get involved and hopefully even time for a touch of magic!
session where you can create your own version of a fairy
tale. Sophie Anderson’s The House with Chicken Legs is
shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2019 and
nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.
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Anna James Pages & Co
4-5pm | McCrum Lecture Theatre | £8 | Age 8+
Don’t miss the chance to come and hear Anna James talk about her fantastic
debut children’s book Pages & Co: Tilly and the Book Wanderers. Hear how she
Robin Stevens Murder Most Unladylike created a magical new world, and ask her about her characters – and other
people’s. Anna will be talking about writing books and sharing stories with readers
2:30-3:30pm | Palmerston Room | £8 | Age 8+
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